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It was a day of mini-landmarks for Alastair Cook. First he overtook David Gower's tally of 1,185 to become England's leading runscorer in Tests against Pakistan.

Then he became the first player to reach 4,000 runs as England captain, before completing a 60-ball half-century – his second-quickest, after the 56 he needed against India at Mohali in 2008-09.

That brought him level with Mike Atherton on 30 Test scores of 50-plus as England captain – three clear of the field – though Cook required only 90 innings to Atherton's 98, and has scored 10 centuries to Atherton's eight.

Finally, he moved past the 9,607 runs Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar scored as an opener, making Cook the most prolific Test opener of all time. Not a bad day's work.

The England captain became the highest scoring opening Test batsman in history - overtaking Sunil Gavaskar

Yasir Shah, who could prove the difference between these sides as the series progresses, became the first leg-spinner to etch his name on the Lord's honours board since his compatriot Mushtaq Ahmed back in 1996.

A former spin-bowling coach of England, Mushtaq – who 20 years ago had second-innings figures of 38-15-57-5 to inspire Pakistan to a 164-run win – is now performing the same role for the tourists.

And Yasir is also the first leggie to claim a first-innings Lord's five-for since 1967, when India's Bhagwath Chandrasekhar picked up five for 127. In two and a half Tests against England, Yasir has now taken 20 wickets at just 19 apiece.

English batsmen seem as far away as ever from looking even vaguely comfortable against high-class leg-spin.

Yasir Shah took five wickets for 64 runs to restrict England to 253-7 at the close of play on day two at Lord's

Shah, pictured kissing the pitch, became the first leg spinner to take five wickets at Lord's since 1996

Pakistan's first-innings total of 339 may have fallen short of the 400 demanded by Misbah-ul-Haq on Thursday evening, but recent history suggests it was reasonable insurance against defeat.

The last time a team lost a Lord's Test after making over 300 in the first innings was back in 2004, when New Zealand made 386 and eventually set England 282.

Thanks to a century in his final Test from Sportsmail's Nasser Hussain, they got home with six wickets to spare.

The last time a team lost a Lord's Test after making over 300 in the first innings was back in 2004

England coach Trevor Bayliss likes to point out that his players should be given one Test too many rather than one Test too few - which should at least reassure James Vince.

His dismissal for 16, playing back to a ball from Yasir that skidded on, took his embryonic Test career to 70 runs in five innings at an average of 14, and did little to convince sceptics that England have a middle order to trouble the Pakistanis.

James Vince failed to make the most of his England chance after scoring just 16 before being dismissed